Know Your Pumping Rights!
According to the survey conducted in 2019-2020 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 84% of infants start out breastfeeding, but only about 25% of infants are breastfed exclusively through six months. Breastfeeding offers numerous wonderful benefits to both the child and the mother, but expressing milk upon a return to work comes with its own set of challenges. Workplaces are not equipped to accommodate breastfeeding mothers, so, how should working mothers handle breastfeeding their child? What rights do you have as a breast-feeding mother in the workplace?